Testimony: Salinas police officer's interview with shooting victim

Roughly two weeks after he was shot, one of the survivors of a 2009 gang shooting who was left paralyzed told a Salinas police detective the name of the person who pulled the trigger.

Patrol Sgt. James Godwin, who was assigned to the detective unit in October 2009, testified about the interview he had with Victim 2, now a quadriplegic.

Godwin testified that the interview took place on Oct. 29, 2009, after the shooting at a Bay Area hospital.

His testimony this afternoon came in the jury trial of Matthew Ruiz and Albert Hernandez, who face murder and attempted murder charges in the Oct. 14, 2009, shooting that killed 15-year-old Rodolfo Cristobal and 14-year-old Ociel Montiel, and wounded two other teens.

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Testimony: Salinas police officer's interview with shooting victim

Roughly two weeks after he was shot, one of the survivors of a 2009 gang shooting who was left paralyzed told a Salinas police detective the name of the person who pulled the trigger. Patrol Sgt.